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Guard of the Plains, (sculpture). Artist:  Johnson, Jim, sculptor. Title:  Guard of the Plains, (sculpture). Dates:  1970 (?). Installed Nov. 1970. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel, welded; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 22 ft. x W. 59 in.; Foundation: approx. W. 94 in. x D. 94 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A three-dimensional, or triangular, cross rests on a tall three-footed base. The sculpture is bolted to a concrete foundation on a hilltop near a highway rest area. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Architecture -- Industry -- Windmill Emblem -- Cross Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Kansas, Department of Transportation, Topeka, Kansas Located Hill overlooking rest area on I-70, 3 miles east of Paxico exit, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Remarks:  The artist created the sculpture while he was attending the University of Kansas, 1968-1970, as part of his thesis for a Master of Fine Arts degree. It was donated at no cost to the state, except for the concrete foundation and transportation from Lawrence, Kansas. The sculpture design represents the physical and visual strength of the windmills, which harnessed the wind to keep Kansas land from drying out. A bronze plaque on a rectangular limestone block located to the east of the sculpture reads: GUARD OF THE PLAINS/BY/JAMES KIRBY JOHNSON, SCULPTOR/ERECTED NOVEMBER 1970/BY/KANSAS HIGHWAY COMMISSION. IAS files contain a related article from the Topeka Capital-Journal, March 8, 1987 and specification plans for the sculpture. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS KS000455   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000455 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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